The British General Election of 2017

Philip Cowley is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London, UK. He has been involved in the Palgrave Macmillan election series since 2010. Dennis Kavanagh is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has been involved in every one of the Palgrave Macmillan election studies since February 1974.

1. Not Going Entirely to Plan.- 2. Brexit; Jack Glynn and Anand Menon.- 3. From Stockbroker's Son to Vicar's Daughter. The Conservatives.- 4. From Miliband to Corbyn. Labour.- 5. Liberal Democrats and Others.- 6. Still Different, Only Slightly Less So: Scotland; Gerry Hassan.- 7. Towards a Landslide.- 8. Everything Changes; with Wes Ball.- 9. Horrors and Hopes.- 10. Election Night and Its Aftermath.- 11. Wrong Footed Again: The Polls.- 12. Targeted (and Untargeted) Campaigning.- 13.Campaign Coverage and Editorial Judgements: Broadcasting; Stephen Cushion and Charlie Beckett.- 14 . A Bad Press: Newspapers; David Deacon and Dominic Wring.- 15. Political recruitment under pressure: MPs and Candidates; Rosie Campbell and Jennifer Hudson.- 16. The Election in Retrospect.- Appendix 1: The Results Analysed; John Curtice, Stephen Fisher, Robert Ford and Patrick English.- Appendix 2: The VotingStatistics.- Appendix 3: Select Political Chronology 2015-17.

"The volume achieves the same skillful blend of narrative and analysis that we have come to expect from the series, with the help of excellent sourcing and well-chosen specialist contributors ... ." (Lawrence McKay, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, January 08, 2019)

"For the political anoraks a must is Philip Cowley and Dennis Kavanagh The British General Election of 2017 ... . A good bluffer's guide on lessons to be learnt in today's period of instability." (Iain Dale, iaindale.com, December 5, 2018)